4. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Your Digital Journey
Monday, Feb 26th
Post to the Discussion Board Why is it important to take part in a digital, professional learning community? Reflect on your experiences so far and how you can build on your personal experiences in order to utilize technology in your classroom.
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot:
Try something from the “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapter (pages 40 & 41), or from The Power of Video in the Digital Argument
3. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Monday, March 12
Bridging Tech to Your Existing Practice
Post to the Discussion Board How can we integrate technology into our existing classroom practice? How would this enhance instruction?
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot: Try something from the “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapter (page 63), or practice using multimodalities and share
4.Watch the video and read theSAMRmodel page link to reflect upon how you are integrating technology into your classroom. Is it an act of Substitution? Augmentation? Modification? Or Redefinition?
5. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Digital Citizens Monday, March 26th
Post to the Discussion Board How can you help develop your students as responsible, digital citizens? In what ways can you begin to think about managing digital tools in the classroom?
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot: Try something from the “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapters or, Try some “digital writing” according to the three broad ideas discussed and post in the parking lot.
3. Read and familiarize your understanding of The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for learners and educators. See links on the course Wikispace.
4. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Amplify Debrief w/ Google Hangout Date TBD Week of April 16th
Debrief the course text Amplify with CTGE 5065 participants in are synchronized Google Hangout. You can click here to join the hangout at 7 pm sharp.
1.Meet on Google Hangout for a 1 hour synchronous discussion
Final Project
Monday, April 30th
Post to Your Final Project Page Screencastify a new tech tool that you’ve tried and how to use it. Provide samples and a 1000 word summary of how it can be used with students in your classroom. Think of your screencast as a tutorial/ explanation for other educators. You are basically teaching another how to use the tool with students. The screencast and written response should show how you can or have used the tool to support student learning. Your written description of the tool's use with students should reflect your understanding of the value to students digital literacy experience. For example, how does this tool enhance instruction and learning (can also include information such as where you think it will fall on the SAMR model) and/or its value in developing digital citizenship, etc.
1. Post your final project on the Course Wiki Final Project Page 2. Comment to 3 other participants about their final project on their project pages
Monday, May 7th
END of semester
Take the Course Exit Survey (to be linked at a later date.)
*The schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the students.
*The schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the students.
Google Hangout tutorial
https://support.google.com/hangouts/?hl=en#topic=6386410
You can click here to join the hangout at 7 pm sharp.
meet & greet
Define what digital literacy means to you.
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot:
Try something from the Amplify “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapter. ( pages 15-20),
or something from CCT Lesson 9
2. Text: Connecting Comprehension & Technology (CCT) p. 81-92: Read the Introduction, familiarize with table of contents, and read through lesson 9
4. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Monday, Feb 26th
Why is it important to take part in a digital, professional learning community? Reflect on your experiences so far and how you can build on your personal experiences in order to utilize technology in your classroom.
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot:
Try something from the “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapter (pages 40 & 41),
or from The Power of Video in the Digital Argument
2.Kristen Turner and Troy Hicks Blog Post: The Power of Video in the Digital Argument
3. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Bridging Tech to Your Existing Practice
How can we integrate technology into our existing classroom practice? How would this enhance instruction?
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot:
Try something from the “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapter (page 63),
or practice using multimodalities and share
2.ILA Blog Post
3.Listen to Gunther Kress discuss Multimodality
4.Watch the video and read theSAMRmodel page link to reflect upon how you are integrating technology into your classroom. Is it an act of Substitution? Augmentation? Modification? Or Redefinition?
5. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
Monday, March 26th
How can you help develop your students as responsible, digital citizens? In what ways can you begin to think about managing digital tools in the classroom?
Post to the Try Something New Parking Lot:
Try something from the “Three things to try tomorrow” section of the chapters
or, Try some “digital writing” according to the three broad ideas discussed and post in the parking lot.
2. Troy Hicks & Franki Sibberson Digital Writing Workshop Podcast
3. Read and familiarize your understanding of The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for learners and educators. See links on the course Wikispace.
4. Post your own reflection & Things to Try artifact, and then comment on two other course members posts. (See posting guidelines)
w/ Google Hangout
Date TBD
Week of April 16th
You can click here to join the hangout at 7 pm sharp.
Sign-up for Google Hangouts https://hangouts.google.com/
Google Hangout tutorial
https://support.google.com/hangouts/?hl=en#topic=6386410
Monday, April 30th
Screencastify a new tech tool that you’ve tried and how to use it.
Provide samples and a 1000 word summary of how it can be used with students in your classroom.
Think of your screencast as a tutorial/ explanation for other educators. You are basically teaching another how to use the tool with students. The screencast and written response should show how you can or have used the tool to support student learning. Your written description of the tool's use with students should reflect your understanding of the value to students digital literacy experience. For example, how does this tool enhance instruction and learning (can also include information such as where you think it will fall on the SAMR model) and/or its value in developing digital citizenship, etc.
2. Comment to 3 other participants about their final project on their project pages
*The schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the students.